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Another variety new to me bought alongside the Blue Note. Pleasant...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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Bought from, I think, Paul Christian's last autumn. Very like the normal N.pseudonarcissus to me - the same size but uniform yellow throughout

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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So it's a bit of an experiment - there's no reason to doubt the cold tolerance of either species, the...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The other hardy pitcher plant - a west coast species and according to Mike King (who's nursery this came...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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People assume that pitcher plants must be tender but several of them are quite frost hardy, coming from...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The site - fairly open to the sky but with trees in the vicinity - no good for the real heat-loving...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The two plants' roots wrapped in sphagnum ready to be planted

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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I'm wrapping sphagnum around the roots and tying it with twine so that the whole thing is a bit bulkier...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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I'm pretty confident they'll be ok in the spot i have in mind. It's a land drain that runs with rainwater...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Also with a minimal root system. My main worry with these is not that they won't survive but that, with...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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I really didn't know what to expect. Both plants arrived bare rooted. Neither have much in the way of a...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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As it arrived in the post from Mike King's carnivorous plant nursery

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Not in bad shape considering they came through the post and with minimal packaging. They're bare rooted in just a wet paper towel in plastic bags

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Pretty much as they arrived from Mike King on Monday

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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I think maybe my favourite reticulata now - a really exquisite blue with almost no yellow/orange

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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Really nice clear black and white markings on the falls

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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